Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Overview

The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University prepares students for leadership positions in a variety of organizations and industries. The school offers course work in core business disciplines to provide potential managers with an understanding of the complexities of the professional world and organizations that they will join.

Students in other graduate programs and undergraduate students registered with the university are welcome in Johnson courses as space allows. There are several courses designed specifically for non-Johnson students that replicate the core courses taught to MBA students. Those are found in our course offerings under "Courses for Non-Johnson students".

Website: johnson.cornell.edu

General Information

Administration

Vishal Gaur, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management
Glen Dowell, Senior Director of MBA and MPS Programs
Manoj Thomas, Associate Dean of New York City Initiatives, Senior Director of EMBA and NYC Programs
Sara Lynn Ianni, Executive Director of EMBA Programs
Kathryn Kvasnica, Director of MBA & Residential Programs
Kaitlin Wooley, Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Lewis, Academic Director, Masters of Professional Studies in Management - Accounting Specialization
Daniel Szpiro - Academic Director, Masters of Professional Studies in Management
Eric Yeung - Academic Director, Tsinghua MBA
Jamie Hintlian - Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics Online+
Brooke Tobey, Johnson Graduate School of Management Registrar

Special Academic Opportunities

Johnson Cornell Tech Dual-Campus Track

The Johnson Cornell Tech Dual-Campus Track is a joint offering from the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell Tech. The program consists of four semesters and a required summer internship over a period of 21 months. Participating students begin the program as a member of the Johnson School’s Ithaca-based Management, 2 year (MBA) program and spend the fall and spring in Ithaca, NY. After completing a tech-focused summer internship, students transfer to the Cornell Tech campus in New York City and become members of the Johnson Cornell Tech Management (MBA) program. For more information, visit the SC Johnson College of Business website.

Immersions

Johnson offers Two Year MBA students learning Immersion courses in corporate finance, digital technology, investment banking, strategy and consulting, and strategic marketing. Immersions offer a semester of continuous focus and real-world problem solving.

CFI—Corporate Finance Immersion

The Corporate Finance Immersion (CFI) Practicum is designed to provide students with a real world and practical perspective on the activities, processes and critical questions faced by corporate finance executives. It is oriented around the key principles of shareholder value creation and the skills and processes corporations use to drive value.

The CFI Practicum will help develop skills and executive judgment for students seeking roles in corporate finance, corporate strategy, business development, financial planning, treasury, and financial management training programs. The course can also help students pursuing consulting to sharpen their financial skills and get an excellent view of a corporation's strategic and financial objectives.
The practicum is comprised of a mix of lectures, cases, guest speakers, and team projects. Additionally, there will be training workshops to build your financial modelling skills.

DTI—Digital Technology Immersion

Limited enrollment: Johnson and Information Science MPS students with permission of the instructor.

The DTI program is designed for students interested in careers at the intersection of management and digital technology, such as data analytics, business intelligence, product management, information technology consulting, and more. Students will get exposed to a variety of topics through a series of guest speakers from a wide range of industries, including high-tech, accounting, marketing, consulting, and others. The highlight of the program is an industry-sponsored semester-long project for a new or existing information technology product. Projects will have an information technology aspect, such as data science, user-centered design, or databases, and a business aspect such as marketing or business strategy. Examples of projects include building a prototype mobile app, improving dashboards with information visualizations and analytics, and making recommendations for the company's technology operations, social media strategy, or business strategy based on internal and external data. Interdisciplinary project teams consist of a mix of Johnson MBA students with Information Science MPS students enrolled in the program. The project will provide you with the education to work on a real-life problem faced by a company and thus prepare you to excel at your future careers and summer internships. Focused activities will allow students to practice soft skills such as public speaking, team dynamics and leadership through the project work.

IBI—Investment Banking Immersion

Enrollment restricted to first-year full-time MBA students with a summer internship in investment banking or an approved internship by the Immersion lead professor.

The Investment Banking Immersion Practicum is structured to provide students with "real world" investment banking experience in an academic environment. Students, working in teams, will play the role of investment bankers throughout the semester. Assignments will be structured in the form of client pitch-book presentations, which will generally be presented during class. Students will be exposed to, and will develop a working understanding of, all aspects of the capital raising and merger & acquisition processes.

SCI—Strategy and Consulting Immersion

The Strategy and Consulting Immersion (MCI) is geared toward students who are pursuing careers in consulting or strategy. By completing the SCI, students will develop the specific mindsets, behaviors, and skills to succeed on a wide range of engagements. The SCI Practicum consists of:

small-group case discussions to improve students' problem solving, business acumen, and influence through the exploration of common strategic issues,
hands-on training to help students develop the foundation of core consulting skills, and
independent research projects to allow students to apply and refine their skills while building confidence in their ability to "add value" on day one.

The broader Immersion builds on the Practicum with coursework in managerial accounting and reporting, managing operations, data analytics and modeling, and advanced decision modeling.

SPMI—Strategic Product and Marketing Immersion

The SPMI objective is to train students to think and act like brand or product managers, some of the best trained and most upwardly mobile professionals in industry. The Immersion focuses on managing products and brands from a variety of industries, including technology, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, healthcare, professional services, and consulting. Teaching methods include (1) student presentation of cases in class, (2) on-site visits with marketing companies, and (3) a consulting project wherein students solve marketing problems for a company. The consulting project is the capstone deliverable in this course.

Degree Programs

Management, 2 year (MBA) [Two-Year MBA]
Management Science, 2 Year (MBA) [Two-Year Management Science MBA]
Management (MBA) [Johnson Cornell Tech MBA]
Executive MBA [Executive MBA Metro NYC]
Management (w/ Tsinghua U-China) (MBA) [Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA]
Business Analytics (BANA-MS) [Master of Science in Business Analytics Online+]
Business Analytics (NYBANA-MS) [Master of Science in Business Analytics NYC]
Management (MPS) [Management; and Accounting Specialization]

Administered by the Graduate School

Management (PhD)

Dual Degree Programs

Policies and Procedures

Policies and Procedures for Management, 2 year (MBA)

Residency

MBA students are required to complete 4 semesters of residency. To earn full residency, an MBA student must attempt a minimum of 12 graduate-level credits per term.

Enrollment

Johnson does not adhere to the university standard add/drop dates. Johnson has a shortened enrollment period, for first and second half, the add period. For full term courses, the add period lasts approximately two weeks. Please see class notes within the Class Roster for exact dates of enrollment.

Auditing

NBA, NCC, NMI, and MGMT classes may not be taken for the grade option of audit.

Academic Calendars

Some Johnson programs have a non-standard calendar and do not follow the University’s calendar. Each program page with a non-standard calendar will display the program's non-standard calendar.

Faculty

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Ahuja, Gautam, PhD, U. of Michigan. Prof., Management and Organizations, Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Management

Allen, Randy, BA, Cornell U., Associate Teaching Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Anderer, Arielle, PhD., U. of Pennsylvania. Assistant Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

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Bailey, Warren B., PhD, U. of California, Los Angeles. Prof., Finance, Krause Faculty Fellowship in Real Estate Management

Basu, Kaushik, PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science. Prof., Applied Economics and Policy

Bhojraj, Sanjeev, PhD, U. of Florida. Prof., Accounting, Alumni Professor in Asset Management

Bloomfield, Robert J., PhD, U. of Michigan. Prof., Accounting, Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Management

Bohling, Timothy, DBA, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Prof. of Practice, Marketing & Management Communication

Bondi, Tommaso, PhD, Stern School of Business, New York. Assistant Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Bordoni, Chris, MBA, U. of Chicago, Booth School of Business. Associate Teaching Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Boughanmi, Khaled, PhD, Columbia U. Assistant Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Bucourt, Noemie, PhD, U. of Toronto, Assistant Prof., Finance

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Casanova, Lourdes, PhD, U. of Barcelona, Associate Teaching Prof., Management and Organization

Chang, Sungyong, PhD, Assistant Prof., Management and Organizations

Chen, Li, PhD, Stanford U. Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management, Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management, Breazzano Family Term Professor of Management

Chen, Ya-Ru, PhD, Columbia U. Prof., Management and Organizations, Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Management

Chen, Yi, PhD, Yale U. Assistant Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Cong, William, PhD, Stanford U. Associate Prof., Finance, Rudd Family Professor of Management

Cui, Yao, PhD, U. of Michigan. Assistant Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

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Davis, Andrew, PhD, Pennsylvania State U. Associate Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Dearing, Adam, PhD, U. of Michigan. Assistant Prof., Strategy & Business Economics

Dowell, Glen W. S., PhD, U. of Michigan. Prof., Management and Organizations, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management

Duguid, Michelle, PhD, Cornell U. Associate Prof., Management and Organizations

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Filipowicz, Allan, PhD, Harvard U. Clinical Prof., Management and Organizations

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Garbinksy, Emily, PhD, Stanford U. Associate Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Gaur, Vishal, PhD, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania. Prof., Operations Technology and Information Management, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management

Georgianna, Laura, MBA, Cornell U., Associate Teaching Prof., Management and Organizations, Donald F. Douglas Director of the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program

Girotra, Karan, PhD, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania. Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management, Charles H. Dyson Family Professor of Management

Guest, Nick, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Assistant Prof., Accounting

Gupta, Sachin, PhD, Cornell U. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management

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Habu, Takuma, PhD, U. of Chicago, Assistant Teaching Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Heffetz, Ori, PhD, Princeton U. Associate Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Hildreth, J. Angus, PhD, U. of California, Berkeley. Assistant Prof., Management and Organizations

Hu, Yichun, PhD, Cornell U. Assistant Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Huang, Ming, PhD, Stanford U. Prof., Finance

Huffman, David, PhD, U. of California, Berk., Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

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Jarrow, Robert A., PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof., Finance, Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management

Johnson, Justin, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof., Strategy and Business Economics, Deane W. Malott Professor of Management

Jungbauer, Thomas, PhD, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern U. Assistant Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

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Kadiyali, Vrinda, PhD, Northwestern U. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication, Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Management

Kalantzi, Sofia, PhD, Drexel U. Associate Teaching Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Kankanhalli, Shreya, PhD, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Assistant Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Karamanis, Theomary, PhD, Northwestern U. Associate Teaching Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Karolyi, G. Andrew, PhD, U. of Chicago. Prof., Finance, Harold Bierman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management; Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Kaynar Keles, Nur, PhD, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, U. of California. Assistant Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Khaire, Mukti, PhD, Columbia U., Prof. of Practice, Management and Organizations

Kubanek, Stefanie, MA, Royal College of Art, Associate Teaching Prof., Management and Organizations

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Lu, Yao, PhD, U. of Chicago Booth School of Business. Assistant Prof., Accounting

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Mannix, Elizabeth A., PhD, U. of Chicago. Prof., Management and Organizations, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Management

Manzoor, Emaad. PhD, Carnegie Mellon U., Assistant Prof. Marketing and Management Communication

McClean, Elizabeth, PhD, Cornell U. Associate Prof., Management and Organizations

Milstein, Mark B., PhD, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Clinical Prof., Management and Organizations

Minas, James P., PhD, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Assistant Teaching Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Mink, Barbara E., MA, Cornell U. Associate Teaching Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Mish, Risa, JD, Cornell U., Prof. of Practice, Management and Organizations, Day Family Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics

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Nelson, Mark W., PhD, Ohio State U. Prof., Accounting, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, S.C. Johnson Family Professor of Management

Noble-Grange, Angela P., MBA, Cornell U. Associate Teaching Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

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Park, Young-Hoon, PhD, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication, Sung-Whan Suh Professor of Management

Pascarella, Drew, MBA, Cornell U. Associate Teaching Prof., Finance

Posenau, Kelly, PhD, U. of Chicago Booth School of Business. Assistant Prof., Finance

Preuss, Marcel, PhD, U. of Mannheim. Assistant Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

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Rafieiankoopaei, Omid, PhD, U. of Washington. Assistant Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

Rand, David, PhD, Harvard U., Professor, Marketing and Management Communication

Raymond, Collin, PhD, U. of Michigan, Associate Prof., Strategy and Business Economics

Rennekamp, Kristina, PhD, Cornell U. Prof., Accounting

Rifkin, Jacqueline, PhD, Duke U. Assistant Prof., Marketing Management and Communication

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Saar, Gideon, PhD, Cornell U. Prof., Finance, Dr. Phillip and Rosalyn Baron Professor of Management

Sah, Sunita, PhD, Carnegie Mellon U. Prof., Management and Organizations

Sauer, Stephen, PhD, Cornell U., Associate Teaching Professor, Management and Organizations

Schofield, Heather, PhD, Harvard U. Assistant Prof., Applied Economics and Policy

Sethuraman, Mani, PhD, Duke U. Associate Prof., Accounting, Clifford H. Whitcomb Faculty Fellow

Sine, Wesley, PhD, Cornell U. Prof., Management and Organizations, John and Dyan Smith Professor of Management and Family Business

Snow, Craig, PhD, Cornell U., Associate Teaching Prof., Marketing Management and Communication

Stewart, Scott D., PhD, Cornell U. Clinical Prof., Finance

Szpiro, Daniel, PhD, Western U., Prof. of Practice, Accounting

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Thomas, Manoj K., Ph.D, Stern School of Business, New York U. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication, Nakashimato Professor

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van Osselaer, Stijn, PhD, U. of Florida. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication, S.C. Johnson Professor of Marketing

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Waldman, Michael, PhD, U. of Pennsylvania. Prof., Strategy and Business Economics, Charles H. Dyson Professor of Management

White, Brian, PhD, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prof., Accounting

Wiernsperger, Martin, Assistant Prof. Accounting

Woolley, Kaitlin, PhD, U. of Chicago. Prof., Marketing and Management Communication

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Yang, Xi, PhD, Cornell U., Assistant Teaching Prof., Finance

Ye, Mao, PhD, Cornell U. Associate Prof., Finance

Yeung, Eric, PhD, U. of Oregon. Prof., Accounting

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Zhang, Xinyu, PhD, U. of Texas, Austin. Assistant Prof., Accounting, Clifford H. Whitcomb Faculty Fellowship

Lecturers

Casey Jr., George W., MA, U. of Denver. Distinguished Sr. Lec. of Leadership, Management and Organizations

Sumner, Rachel, PhD, Cornell U., Lec., Management and Organizations

Adjunct and Visiting Faculty

Bayne, John, MBA, Harvard Business School, Harvard U., Visiting Lec., Operations, Technology & Information Management

Bell, Thatcher, MBA, U. of Pennsylvania. Visiting Lec., Management and Operations

Capaldi, David, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Lec., Finance

Clancy, Paul, MBA, Columbia Business School., Visiting Sr. Lec., Finance

Cohen, Melissa, BS, Loyola University, Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

Cole, Benjamin, PhD, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Visiting Prof., Management and Organizations

Cowing, Keith, MBA, Cornell U., Visiting Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Desai, Rustom, MBA, Cornell U., Visiting Sr. Lec., Strategy and Business Economics

DeSpirito, Antonio, JD, Harvard Law School., Visiting Lec., Finance

Edwards, Albert, MS, Fairfield U. Visiting Lec., Finance

Finger, Lutz, MBA, INSEAD. Visiting Sr. Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Flores-Macias, Gustavo, PhD, Georgetown U. Visiting Prof., Management and Organizations

Goren, Bahriye, MS, Erasmus U., Visiting Prof. of Practice, Marketing and Management Communication

Grossman, Rob, MBA, Northwestern U., Visiting Lec., Strategy and Business Economics

Hintlian, Jamie, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Hirschhorn, Beth, MBA, Stern School of Business, New York U., Visiting Prof. of Practice, Marketing and Management Communication

Ingrando, Carla, PhD, U. of Notre Dame, Visiting Lec., Management & Organizations

Juels, Ari, PhD, UC Berkeley, Visiting Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Kagan, Jeremy, MBA, Columbia Business School. Visiting Lec., Marketing and Management Communication

Kambhampati, Krishnamurty, MEng, Cornell U., Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

Kastoun, Cesar, MA, École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth, Visiting Lec., Operations, Technology & Information Management

Kingsley, Margaret, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Lec., Finance

Lee, Clarence, DBA, Harvard U., Visiting Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Luthra, Vidur, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Mani, Vidya, PhD, U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill, Visiting Associate Prof., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Mattes Greenberg, Rachel, MBA, Cornell U., Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

Mazzei, Christopher, MBA, New York University, Visiting Sr. Lec., Operations, Technology & Information Management

Meredith, Christopher, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Finance

Nichols, D. Craig, PhD, Indiana U. Visiting Assistant Prof., Accounting

Reyes, Jesse, MBA, Texas Tech U. Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

Ridings, Barry, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Finance

Rother, Kenneth, DEC, Dawson College, Montreal. Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

Russo, Joseph, PhD, U. of Michigan, Visiting Prof., Marketing and Management Communications

Saenz, Hernan, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Strategy and Business Economics

Santamaria, Natalia, PhD, Penn State U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Operations, Technology and Information Management

Schryver, Thomas, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations, David J. BenDaniel Faculty Advisor for the BR Ventures Fund

Sirower, Mark, PhD, Columbia U., Visitign Lec., Finance

Symington, Robert, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Finance

Treat, Bradley, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Lec., Management and Organizations

van der Vliet, Daniel Garrett, M.Ed, U of Vermont, Visiting Lec., Strategy and Business Economics

Wilson, Joseph, MBA, Cornell U. Visiting Sr. Lec., Finance